017 苍蝇的发现

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When Zann and his friends burst out of the Hollow, Jev was trying to fend off the buzzing spy fly

当赞和朋友们冲出空洞时，杰夫正试图抵挡嗡嗡作响的间谍飞虫。

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" Wait, you crazy thing!" Jev complained as it flew at his head

“等等，你这疯狂的东西！”当它飞向他的头时，杰夫抱怨道。

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" It's back!" Perda exclaimed." What did it see?"

“它回来了！”佩达喊道。“它看到了什么？”

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Jev flapped his hand at the fly." I don't know yet," he said

杰夫朝飞虫挥手。“我还不知道呢，”他说。

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" I hate spy flies — I didn't want it in my ear more than once."

“我讨厌间谍飞虫——我可不想让它不止一次进我耳朵。”

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" Well, we're here now," Zann said, trying to hide his impatience." Let's hear what it saw."

“好了，我们现在都在这儿了，”赞努力掩饰着不耐烦说道。“来听听它看到了什么。”

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" Fine." Jev lowered his hand. The spy fly buzzed into his ear, burrowing deep inside. Jev grimaced

“好吧。”杰夫放下手。间谍飞虫嗡嗡地飞进他的耳朵，深深钻了进去。杰夫做了个鬼脸。

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" What's it showing you?" Gliss asked

“它给你看什么了？”格丽丝问。

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Zann held his breath as he waited for the answer

赞屏住呼吸，等待着答案。

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He'd used spy flies enough to know exactly what was happening

他用过间谍飞虫很多次，非常清楚正在发生什么。

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The little creature had found Morb, as Jev had ordered

小飞虫按照杰夫的指令，找到了莫布。

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And it had recorded everything it saw and heard in its tiny brain

它把所见所闻都记录在了小小的脑袋里。

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Now it was back, ready to pour that information into Jev's mind

现在它回来了，准备把那些信息灌输到杰夫的脑海里。

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Jev closed his eyes." It's flying toward some huge stone castle," he reported

杰夫闭上眼睛。“它正朝着一座巨大的石头城堡飞去。”他报告说。

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" Is it the palace in First City?" Gliss asked

“是第一城的宫殿吗？”格丽丝问道。

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" No. It's on a mountain with forest all around

“不是。它在山上，四周都是森林。

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The fly is looking in some windows." Jev gasped." Whoa! There are trolls in there!"

小飞虫正往一些窗户里看。”杰夫倒吸了一口气。“哇！里面有巨魔！”

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" Trolls?" Zann exchanged a look with his friends

“巨魔？”赞和朋友们交换了一个眼神。

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It sounded as if the spy fly had found the right place!

听起来间谍飞虫找对地方了！

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" Okay, now it's looking in the window at a dungeon

“好了，现在它正从窗户往地牢里看。

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There are people in cells, and — hey! There's your grandfather, Zann!"

牢房里关着人，还有——快看！赞，那是你爷爷！

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" Boz?" Zann exclaimed." Is he okay?"

"博兹？" 赞惊呼。"他还好吗？"

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" Are my parents there?" Gliss cried

"我爸妈在那边吗？" 格丽丝喊道。

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" I don't know; I can't see them

"我不知道，我看不见他们。

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But there are lots of people in the other cells

但其他牢房里有很多人。

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I think they're all Reds," Jev said

我想他们都是红族人，" 杰夫说道。

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" Gross! The trolls are pulling leeches off Boz!"

"真恶心！巨魔正在从博兹身上拔水蛭！"

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" Leeches?" Zann echoed, picturing the tiny, harmless creatures from the local swamp

"水蛭？" 赞重复道，脑海里浮现出当地沼泽里那种小巧无害的生物。

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Jev nodded." I guess that's what they are

杰夫点点头。"我猜就是那个东西。

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I've never seen leeches like these, though

但我从没见过这么大的水蛭。"

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They're huge — and blue! Boz is yelling at some tall, skinny guy who's watching

他们块头巨大——而且是蓝色的！博兹正对着一个在旁边观看的高个子瘦家伙大喊大叫。

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Is that Morb? Oh wait — now the fly is going to a different window

那是莫布吗？哦等等——现在飞虫正飞向另一扇窗户。

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The tall guy just came in. More trolls too. They're carrying a big black pot..."

那个高个子刚进来。又来了更多巨魔。他们正抬着一口大黑锅……

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He went on, describing everything the spy fly had seen: Morb lighting the fire

他继续说着，描述间谍飞虫看到的一切：莫布点燃了火。

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The leeches burning to a crisp. Morb breathing in the blue steam. His triumphant laugh

水蛭被烧得焦脆。莫布吸入了蓝色的蒸汽。他发出了得意的笑声。

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" Now Morb is leaving," Jev said." No, wait — he just turned around

“现在莫布要离开了，”杰夫说。“不，等等——他刚转过身来。

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Wow! He totally blasted that black pot to smithereens, just by pointing at it!

哇！他只是用手指了一下，就把那口黑锅彻底炸成了碎片！

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I didn't even see him make any friction before he did it!" Jev's eyes flew open

我甚至没看到他在施法前制造任何摩擦！”杰夫的眼睛猛地睁大了。

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His usual cocky expression was gone, replaced by nervousness

他平常那种自大的表情消失了，取而代之的是紧张不安。

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" That's it," he said quickly." There's no more."

“就是这些了，”他飞快地说道。“没了。”

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" Are you sure?" Perda asked

“你确定吗？”佩尔达问。

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Jev shook the spy fly out of his ear

杰夫把间谍飞虫从耳朵里抖了出来。

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The creature buzzed around in a circle, and then flew off

那小东西嗡嗡地转了一圈，然后飞走了。

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" I'm sure," Jev said, his voice shaking

“我确定，”杰夫说，声音发颤。

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" And look, if you want any more favors, find someone else, okay? I'm done with this."

“还有，听着，别再来找我帮忙了，去找别人吧，好吗？我不干了。”

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" What?" Perda exclaimed." But Jev..."

“什么？”佩尔达喊道。“可是杰夫……”

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" I told you we couldn't trust him," Zann put in

“我早说过我们不能相信他，”赞插嘴道。

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Jev shot him a glare." Don't worry; I'll keep your secrets

杰夫狠狠瞪了他一眼。“放心，我会替你们保密的。

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But that's it. I'm not risking my own neck for a couple of Reds."

不过到此为止。我可不会为了几个红人拿自己的性命冒险。”

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Gliss looked hurt." I thought we were friends!"

格丽丝看上去很受伤。“我还以为我们是朋友呢！”

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Jev shrugged." See you guys later," he muttered without meeting anyone's eye

杰夫耸耸肩。"回头见，伙计们。"他咕哝着，没看任何人的眼睛。

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He took off without another word, running a few steps and then zapping himself out of sight

他没再多说一句，跑了几步，然后瞬间传消失不见了。

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" What a jerk," Zann muttered

"真是个混蛋。"赞咕哝道。

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" Forget him," Perda said." Let's figure out what this means

"别管他了，"珀达说，"我们来想想这意味着什么。

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Where do you think that castle could be?"

你觉得那座城堡可能在哪儿？"

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" Mount Mystery," Darb said immediately

"神秘山。"达布立刻说道。

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" There's an ancient stone fortress up there."

"那上面有座古老的石头堡垒。"

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The others stared at him in surprise." How do you know that?" Zann asked

其他人惊讶地盯着他。"你怎么知道的？"赞问道。

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" I read a lot." Darb looked thoughtful

"我读了很多书。"达布若有所思。

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" Morb must have found some bigger leeches and figured out how to make his old method of stealing magic work better

"莫布肯定是找到了更大的水蛭，并且想办法让他那套老旧的魔法窃取方法更有效了。

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First the leeches suck the magic out of his prisoners

首先，水蛭会吸走囚犯们身上的魔法。

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Then he cooks the leeches and breathes in the magic when it comes out as steam."

然后他煮了那些水蛭，把变成蒸汽冒出来的魔法吸进去。”

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Gliss shuddered." That's horrible!"

格丽丝打了个寒颤。“太可怕了！”

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" But where would he find big blue leeches?" Perda said

“但他会从哪里找到这么大的蓝色水蛭呢？”珀达问。

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Zann and Darb traded a look." Probably the same place he got those stinging dragons," Darb said

赞和达布交换了一个眼神。“很可能和他弄到那些刺龙的地方一样。”达布说。

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" Huh?" Perda said

“啊？”珀达说。

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" I bet Morb got those leeches from a different world!" Zann said

“我敢打赌莫布是从另一个世界弄来这些水蛭的！”赞说。

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" You mean like the ones your parents visited?" Perda asked

“你是说你父母去过的那些世界吗？”珀达问。

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" Exactly. If Morb worked at their lab, he might have figured out how to access a wormhole."

“没错。如果莫布曾在他们的实验室工作，他可能已经找到了进入虫洞的方法。”

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" But how could he — " Gliss began

“但他怎么能——”格丽丝刚开口。

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" I don't know," Zann cut her off." I don't have all the answers yet

“我不知道，”赞打断了她。“我还没有全部的答案。

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But I know one thing. We've got to warn people about this."

但有一件事我很清楚。我们必须警告大家这件事。”

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Darb nodded." Let's go find the mayor and show her the diary

达布点点头。“我们去找市长，给她看日记。

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She'll know how to get word to the palace."

她会知道怎么把消息传到王宫。”

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" Good idea," Perda agreed

“好主意。”珀达表示同意。

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But when they arrived at the town hall, Zann and his friends got a nasty surprise

但当他们来到镇公所时，赞和他的朋友们遇到了一个糟透了的意外。

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The mayor was gone! People were frantically running around and shouting, and nobody paid any attention to the kids

市长不见了！人们发疯似地跑来跑去、大声喊叫，没人注意到这几个孩子。

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" I guess Morb broke through the mayor's Shield spell," Perda said as they watched from behind some shrubs

“我猜莫布攻破了市长的护盾咒。”珀达说，他们正躲在一片灌木丛后面看着。

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" Now what?" Gliss' voice shook a little

“现在怎么办？”格丽丝的声音有点儿发抖。

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Zann took a deep breath." We have no choice

赞深吸了一口气。“我们没有别的选择了。

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Tomorrow we'll have to bring Boz's diary to the palace ourselves

明天我们必须亲自把博兹的日记送到王宫去。

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We can also tell the king and queen what we learned from the spy fly."

我们也可以把从间谍飞虫那里了解到的告诉国王和王后。”

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" But how are we supposed to get all the way to First City on our own?" Perda asked

“但光靠我们自己，要怎么去第一城那么远的地方呢？”珀达问。

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Zann noticed that Darb was looking thoughtful again." What?" Zann asked him

赞注意到达布又露出一副若有所思的表情。“怎么了？”赞问他。

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Darb smiled." I have an idea."

达布笑了。“我有个主意。”